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located in

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

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. As of 2011, the district has an estimated population of 23,774. As a result of mergers the total area of the district is now 282.65 km².

Towns and villages

Iizuna is a town located in the Kamiminochi District of norther Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,115 in 4187 households, and a population density of 150 persons per km2. the total area of the town is . Geography I ...

* Shinano *

Ogawa Ogawa (written: lit. "small river" or in hiragana) is the 30th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are (also "small river") or ("tail river"). Notable people with the surname include: *, American poet *, Japanese footballer * ...

Mergers

* On January 1, 2005 the town of Toyono and the villages of Togakushi and Kinasa merged into the city of Nagano. * On October 1, 2005 the villages of Mure and Samizu merged to form the new town of

. * On January 1, 2010 the town of Shinshūshinmachi and the village of Nakajō merged into the city of Nagano.

References

Districts in Nagano Prefecture {{Nagano-geo-stub